Bizarre but obvious clue leads officers to poaching suspect

LOXAHATCHEE (FOX 13) - Can you spot something in this photo that doesn't belong? A pair of Florida Fish & Wildlife officers did, and it ended up with a citation for the driver of the truck.

FWC says officers Luis Merizio and Casey Schroer had pulled over the pickup in the J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area -- that's east of Lake Okeechobee -- to check for the driver's day pass when they spotted alligator parts strewn throughout the cab of the truck, including a foot sticking out of the dashboard.

The driver claimed that the parts were from an alligator he had killed a few years ago, but the officers' noses told them otherwise. When they pressed him about the smell, he allegedly admitted that he had killed the animal just a few days earlier -- without a permit.

The man, who was not identified, was cited for the violation. He did not, apparently, explain the unusual dashboard decoration.